"We obtained the information from a ProFauna activist who stayed around the Sablat Elephant Training Center. Based on the information, the four elephants were found dead in the Alno plantation area," Representative of ProFauna Bengkulu Radius Nursidi said here on Wednesday.
He said that the four elephants were believed to have died of poison, but the result of the autopsy had not yet been officially published.
Radius said that human-elephant conflict which caused the death of the animal almost occurred every year.
He said that in the period of 2004-2011, there were 14 elephants who were found dead but the causes of their death were not known.(*)
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